Emergency medical dispatch - more than merely sending the ambulance!

Editorial

Ian G Jacobs. Resuscitation. 2011 Dec.

. 2011 Dec;82(12):1473-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.10.004.

No abstract available

Comment on

In out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients, does the description of any specific symptoms to the emergency medical dispatcher improve the accuracy of the diagnosis of cardiac arrest: a systematic review of the literature.
Vaillancourt C, Charette ML, Bohm K, Dunford J, Castrén M. Vaillancourt C, et al. Resuscitation. 2011 Dec;82(12):1483-9. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.05.020. Epub 2011 Jun 24. Resuscitation. 2011. PMID: 21704442
Reporting of data from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has to involve emergency medical dispatching--taking the recommendations on reporting OHCA the Utstein style a step further.
Castrén M, Bohm K, Kvam AM, Bovim E, Christensen EF, Steen-Hansen JE, Karlsten R. Castrén M, et al. Resuscitation. 2011 Dec;82(12):1496-500. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.08.020. Epub 2011 Sep 10. Resuscitation. 2011. PMID: 21907688 Review.
In patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, does the provision of dispatch cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions as opposed to no instructions improve outcome: a systematic review of the literature.
Bohm K, Vaillancourt C, Charette ML, Dunford J, Castrén M. Bohm K, et al. Resuscitation. 2011 Dec;82(12):1490-5. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.09.004. Epub 2011 Sep 16. Resuscitation. 2011. PMID: 21925129